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Album reviews: Eric Clapton's 'Clapton' and Phil Collins' 'Going Back'
Pop & HissWhat a difference six years make â the small but significant difference in years between when Eric Clapton was born in 1945, near the end of World War II, and the birth of Phil Collins in 1951, shortly before rock...... -
Drummers, beating jazz into new terrain
Culture MonsterWhile rarely receiving due credit for driving jazz innovation, drummers have played an essential role in the musicâs evolution ever since Warren âBabyâ Dodds devised a new rhythmic vocabulary for accompanying Louis Armstrong. From swing pioneers Big... -
Dave Brubeck -- too good to be true?
Culture MonsterIs Dave Brubeck too good to be true? Maybe for those who prefer their jazz icons to have demons and deep shadows hovering over their personas. But Brubeck, who turns 90 on Monday, has over a career spanning seven decades...... -
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new film unveils a hidden chapter from hoops history
The Big PictureIt's hard to imagine any institution that has done more to showcase African American style and culture than basketball, which has spawned generation after generation of infectious icons of cool, from Bill Russell, Dr. J and Magic Johnson to Michael...... -
A Cold War 'Jam Session' on view at the Fowler Museum
Culture MonsterImages from a time when jazz stars were called upon to act as ambassadors of American freedom during the Cold War will be on display at the Fowler Museum in "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World."... -
Found on EBay – Frank Sinatra
The Daily MirrorA 33 rpm album of the audio from an uncompleted animated feature of “Finian’s Rainbow,” featuring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, has been listed on EBay. According to The Times’ clips, this project was begun by... -
Monster Mash: Abbey Road crosswalk designated a protected site; Smithsonian won't remove artist's work; actors say close 'Spider-Man'
Culture MonsterLandmark album, landmark site: The British government has designated the north London crosswalk in which the Beatles strode on the "Abbey Road" album cover as a "site of national importance," alterable only after government review. Culture Monster... -
Christmas in Harlem as seen by Kanye West and Louis Armstrong
Pop & HissIt wouldnât be a Kanye West record without at least a dash of ego, and sure enough, midway through the rapperâs holiday single âChristmas in Harlem,â in which West paints an atmospheric portrait of the holiday season in New York,...... -
Universal Music Group's vintage recordings head to Library of Congress
Pop & HissThere's good news, more good news and some nebulous news for anyone interested in the nation's musical heritage in Monday's announcement that Universal Music Group is donating a cache of some 200,000 vintage master recordings to the Library of Congress...... -
Orrin Tucker dies at 100; bandleader owned L.A.'s Stardust Ballroom
Orrin Tucker, a bandleader whose orchestra achieved national prominence with a 1939 recording of "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" and who decades later owned a big-band venue on Sunset Boulevard, has died. He was 100.
Tucker, who was a longtime resident of...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Music, Colleges and Universities, Sports, Dancing
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Randy Wood dies at 94; music industry innovator founded Dot Records
Dot Records founder Randy Wood was looking for a song for a young Pat Boone to record in 1955 and found it in the Fats Domino hit "Ain't That a Shame?" Except Boone, then an English major, wanted to sing "Isn't That a Shame?" After a few run-throughs,...Tags: Fats Domino, Colleges and Universities, Randy Wood, Pat Boone, Perry Como
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PASSINGS: Poly Styrene, Huey P. Meaux, Morty Jacobs, Nawang Gombu
Poly Styrene
Singer in the punk band X-Ray Spex
Poly Styrene, 53, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the punk band X-Ray Spex, died Monday, according to a statement on her website.
Styrene, whose real name was...Tags: Career and Workplace, Dorothy Dandridge, Colleges and Universities, The Washington Post, Civil Unrest
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